DEI in climate policy : Miles to go
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-2024
Abstract
This chapter aims to provide a broad overview of how gender aspects as part of DEI efforts have been integrated into climate policy and its design, and the subsequent outcomes of its implementation. While a burgeoning corpus of literature now exists on the gender repercussions of climate change geographically by region and by policy sector, comparatively less scholarship explicitly links gender to climate policymaking and its study, and we shed light on this element in particular. We bring in a discussion of Diversity, considering issues around adequate gender representation in climate policies; of Equity, considering issues around climate policies and adaptation and mitigation decisions being fair and equitable given gender-differentiated vulnerabilities, and that of Inclusion considering whether there is participation of the most vulnerable communities such as women in decision-making related to the climate.
Keywords
Gender, Climate policy, Public administration, Environmental policy, DEI
Discipline
Environmental Policy | Gender and Sexuality
Research Areas
Political Science; Sociology
Publication
Handbook on diversity, equity, and inclusion in public administration
Editor
Meghna Sabharwal, Sean A. McCandless, Shilpa Viswanath
First Page
312
Last Page
326
ISBN
9781802206166
Identifier
10.4337/9781802206173.00033
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Citation
MUKHERJEE, Ishani, & NAIR, Sreeja. (2024). DEI in climate policy : Miles to go. In Handbook on diversity, equity, and inclusion in public administration (pp. 312-326). : Edward Elgar Publishing.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4131
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802206173.00033
